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Frankly I AM lost... and it's driving me crazy

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My sister gave me this old picture, back in march, that she had picked up a year or two ago at a yard sale. I've been trying off and on since she gave it to me to figure out who said this, or what movie or book or what it is from. I can't find anything online, I've tried searching it every way I can think of. Nobody I know recognizes it, or if they do they can't remember what it is exactly.

It's not super important or anything, mostly I just really dig the picture as a piece of art. I want to re-frame it and hang it up on my bedroom wall or something. But not without knowing what the hell it is from. If it turns out it's some freaky weird famous person maybe I don't want it on my wall after all. Or, if it is from a book or movie I might want to read or watch said book or movie.

BUT I DON"T KNOW WHAT IT'S FROM! or who it is in the picture for that matter, but it seems sop familiar at the same time ...and I want to pull my hair out about it whenever I see it lurking in the back of my closet all neglected.

Assistance with this is much appreciated.

The quote on the picture:

"I have taken the pill, I have hoisted my skirts to my thighs, dropped them to my ankles, rebelled at the university, skied at aspen, lived with two men, married one, earned my keep, kept my identity and frankly...I'm lost."

Nova, 1968: I have taken the pill, I have hoisted my skirts to my thighs...

Mandy Appleyard, editor, Fabulous:

In an era when recipes, romantic fiction and homecrafts ruled the magazine world, Nova dared to be different.

The words sum up the freedom of spirit, the defiance, the independence, the courage of young women daring to live life differently, as well as painting a surprisingly detailed portrait – in virtual bullet points – of one woman’s chutzpah and confusion. A life story in 41 words. The photograph shows a fashionable, sexy, beautiful woman, confident enough not to be eyes-to-camera. These two elements – simple but strong – make this the most memorable and seminal magazine cover of my lifetime.

anyway, now you have the editor's name of the mag and the era.. i imagine with a little sleuthing you'll have all the answers you need B)

No, I found that same page and I posted the picture above. I think it's a different person, what's more is that they've made slight changes to the wording. So whoever it is didn't abuse the American embassy but did ski in aspen. This has got me curious! It looks like a classic german film star.

Thanks so much for the help guys! You both got further than me in just a couple of minutes of searching. Gah, there must be something wrong with my internet, it doesn't like me or something, I've searched the whole thing and every combination of the words I could over and over and over again.

I just took the lines and put quote marks around it, there are some mentions of this version but no pictures and no help. This is really getting to me. I even did an image search for famous tranvestites (because it looks a bit like a man) and you won't believe the shit I saw. My safesearch was off, MY SAFESEARCH WAS OFF!

My sister gave me this old picture, back in march, that she had picked up a year or two ago at a yard sale. I've been trying off and on since she gave it to me to figure out who said this, or what movie or book or what it is from. I can't find anything online, I've tried searching it every way I can think of. Nobody I know recognizes it, or if they do they can't remember what it is exactly.

It's not super important or anything, mostly I just really dig the picture as a piece of art. I want to re-frame it and hang it up on my bedroom wall or something. But not without knowing what the hell it is from. If it turns out it's some freaky weird famous person maybe I don't want it on my wall after all. Or, if it is from a book or movie I might want to read or watch said book or movie.

BUT I DON"T KNOW WHAT IT'S FROM! or who it is in the picture for that matter, but it seems sop familiar at the same time ...and I want to pull my hair out about it whenever I see it lurking in the back of my closet all neglected.

Assistance with this is much appreciated.

The quote on the picture:

"I have taken the pill, I have hoisted my skirts to my thighs, dropped them to my ankles, rebelled at the university, skied at aspen, lived with two men, married one, earned my keep, kept my identity and frankly...I'm lost."

Hi, Pepper,
I graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 1970 in upstate New York. I spent that summer in Lake George NY. Come fall there was an exodus from Lake George to Aspen, CO. I took a year off from education to ski bum in Aspen. While there I spotted this poster in a small shop in Aspen. I bought it. I thought it was awesome and I connected with it right away, although, personally, I would have ended it with-'and finally, I'm found!' Of course I loved it bc I SKIIED AT ASPEN!!

I bought the poster and I sent a second copy of it to ski-crazy friends who had a bar in Plattsburgh, NY. They framed and hung it in their bar, The Egg and Machine Shop. This all happened back in the winter of 1970-71. I have no inside knowledge but I always assumed it was created by some Aspen based poster company-who else would insert Aspen? Skiied at Aspen is what makes it for me. I don't know what ever happened to the framed copy when the bar closed later in the 70's.

So, now I'm curious if your sister found it in the upstate New York area?

Tonight for no reason in particular I googled the second line which is the one I always remember. I LOVED SEEING THE FRAMED POSTER AGAIN! Here's to Google!

Kit! You are so awesome. That was the one thing I still wondered about, who the woman was. Glad this thread was bumped.

VillaPricilla, nice story. I don't think the skied at aspen part was an original part of the quote, as we sort of hunted out however long ago I made this topic. I imagine it was changed, in order to be apealing in america, because the other version said "abused the american embassy". It is kind of cool that you found this version I have and it meant something to you.

My sister found it in a free pile at a yard sale in SE Portland, Oregon, a couple of years ago. Who knows where it came from before that. She gave to me as a thank you, when she saw I was excited by it, for helping her escape a terrible abusive relationship. That is probably TMI. It reminds me of the strenghth and termoil of being a woman in this age. I like the ending because I think the first thing to making your life what you want it to be realising it is not and that you have indeed become lost.

Pepper.....where is the NOVA version from and do you have a date on it? It looks pretty 60's doesn't it? I adore the picture of TB Kit found. I also have a framed painting of her I bought from a cafe wall in NYC in the early 70's. I'll never get it together to upload it here. Just two coincidences of two of my all time faves in the same night. I have always loved and remembered the poster. I copied it into my pix. I am more than delighted.

What a surprise to find a twin sister to my favorite poster. To call it a poster doesn't really do justice, since it's humor has been my companion since the early '70's. I received it as a gift from a cousin who had a home in Aspen. She gave another one to my brother-in-law, who later moved to Portland, Oregon. (Hence the copy found in a re-sale shop).

Indeed it is Theta Bara, the sultry vamp of the early 1900's stage. Chicago's Film Festival uses it in their logo on a film strip. As for the quote, it's stayed with me because I always knew it was my life's story . . . a little humor, a lot of adventure and a spattering of irony. LOVE IT!

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